we have tried to explain to some of you very recently aubrey's new found fascination with puzzles. whether it's the pictures or the idea of shapes inside shapes we are not sure. however we figure that by presenting her with puzzles, a task which is a little beyond her right now, she will at least have the opportunity to excel. (after all we would hate to one day hear her say " well i could have found the cure for cancer, or mathematically explained time travel but i just was never given that sort of opportunity in early childhood")
therefore, we'd like to make reference to the fact that we have been "scaffolding" our child.
(the instructional strategy "scaffolding" requires the teacher to provide students the opportunity to extend their current skills and knowledge...developed by Jerome Bruner, a cognitive psychologist of the 1950s -- one of the many, i mean only things i remember from the education courses i took in college.)
the tricky part is to present them with something that is challenging and a little beyond them without leaving the child completely frustrated.
anyway.... while aubrey is not showing frustration with puzzles, i still don't think she's quite getting the concept.
p.s. yes that is a puzzle piece... no it's not a pacifier.
3 comments:
Nice pacifier... I mean puzzle piece.
I like scaffolding.
GREAT PIC>....
props to the educational term...that is one of the terms I remember to use when writing papers...lol
alrighty back to school stuff.
wow, what a large wooden pacifier that would be for aubrey. What's next? Lego diapers, metal pajamas?
Things are so different from when I was a kid.
Tell her Happy 9 Days until her birthday for me. I was thinking of getting her an iron teddy bear? What do you think?
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